DETERMINATION OF FRACTAL DIMENSION OF PHYSIOLOGICALLY CHARACTERIZED NEURONS IN 2-DIMENSIONS AND 3-DIMENSIONS
DETERMINATION OF FRACTAL DIMENSION OF PHYSIOLOGICALLY CHARACTERIZED NEURONS IN 2-DIMENSIONS AND 3-DIMENSIONS
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DOI：
10.1016/0165-0270(94)00115-w
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发表时间：
1995-02-01
影响因子：
3
通讯作者：
STANLEY, HE
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作者：
CASERTA, F;ELDRED, WD;STANLEY, HE
虽然人们对分形分析在神经生物学中的应用越来越感兴趣，但有关方法学的问题限制了它的更广泛应用。在这份报告中，我们讨论了分形分析的一些基本原理，我们提出了累积质量方法作为一种标准方法，并将分形分析的适用范围扩展到二维和三维。我们考察了对数-对数壳层分析方法和分形分析方法之间的关系，发现它们具有很好的相关性。对具有生理特征的视网膜神经节细胞的测量表明，不同类型的细胞具有显著不同的分维。这种差异可能会使神经元的生理类型与其形态分维相关联。
Although there is a growing interest in the application of fractal analysis in neurobiology, questions about the methodology have restricted its wider application. In this report we discuss some of the underlying principles for fractal analysis, we propose the cumulative-mass method as a standard method and we extend the applicability of fractal analysis to both 2 and 3 dimensions. We have examined the relationship between the method of log-log Shell analysis and fractal analysis and have found that they correlate well. Measurements of physiologically characterized retinal ganglion cells indicate that different cell types can have significantly different fractal dimensions. Such differences may allow the correlation of the physiological type of a neuron with its morphological fractal dimension.